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Since the signing of the BTA in July 2000, the U.S.-Vietnam Trade Council Educational Forum has kept track of legislation and legal amendments made by Vietnam relating to specific provisions and commitments within the trade agreement, and in relation to Vietnam's WTO accession. This document is compiled by the Education Forum’s in-country technical assistance team, with support from Phillips Fox. The catalog is updated on a monthly basis.

Latest Monthly Legal Update

 Catalog of Legal Updates: Vietnam Trade Policy Regime (Jan 2007)

 Catalog of Legal Updates: Vietnam Trade Policy Regime (Sep 2006)

Phillips Fox Legal Updates and Translations

• Investment Law
  • Law on Investment, 2005 (Phillips Fox translation)
• Enterprises Law
  • Law on Enterprises, 2005 (Phillips Fox translation)
• Competition Law
  • Competition Law Update - General, July 2006
  • Competitive Law Update - Offences, July 2006
• Banking Law
  • Update on Foreign Banks, March 2006
  • Recent Banking Reforms, September 2005
• Import and Distribution Update, August 2005
• Vietnam's Securities Market in 2005, July 2005
• Education Update, May 2005
• Anti-Dumping
  • Ordinance on Antidumping (Phillips Fox translation)
  • Update on Ordinance on Antidumping, May 2004
• Update on Construction Law, April 2004
• Decision 175 outlining Vietnam’s plan for the insurance market for the 2003-2010 period
• Foreign Law Firms: Analysis of Decree 87-2003-ND-CP on Practice by Foreign Lawyer Organizations and Foreign Lawyers in Vietnam, August 2003
• Tendering
  • Tendering Law Update, April 2006
  • Update on Vietnam Tendering Regulations, July 2003
• Update on the Advertising Law April 2003
• Ordinance on Post & Telecommunications (Phillips Fox translation)
• Ordinance on MFN and National Treatment (Phillips Fox translation)
• Labor Code Amendments provided (Phillips Fox translation)
• Summary of Amendments and Additions to a number of Articles on the Law on Promulgation of Legal Instruments, December 2002
  

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